six finger demon

Chapter 471

Chapter 471

Hamann came to Yokohama again, and although he still had the injury on his knee from being stepped on by Camoranesi in the game against Juventus, the scar on his heart was more serious.Touching the scene, three years ago, Harman and the German team were defeated by the Brazilian team in Yokohama, and missed the world championship.This time, Harman revisited his old place, and he needed a championship trophy to heal the wound in his heart.

"I have a strange feeling coming to this venue to play again," Harman said in an interview before the game. "I always feel that I have a lot of things in my heart."

Hamann hasn't played in Japan since that harrowing final in 2002.In the World Cup that year, except for the game against Paraguay, which could not be played due to the suspension, Hamann played all the remaining matches on behalf of Germany. The final was at the Yokohama International Stadium, and Ronaldo's first goal was derived from Haman's ball being caught. broken.

"Japan has both good and painful memories for me," Hamann admits. "The weirdest thing was that final or I think we played the best game of that World Cup, in Brazil. Before the ball, we hit the post, and from the looks of it, we were no worse than Brazil. Everyone thought that if we had scored first, we would have been the champions."

The Club World Cup was expanded from the Toyota Cup. Only European and South American club champion teams participated in the Toyota Cup, while the Club World Cup team added champion teams from Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Central and North America, thus becoming the highest representative of world football clubs. level game.

However, in order to avoid the European and South American champions meeting in advance, the two teams have a bye in the first round and directly advance to the semi-finals, while the remaining four teams will fight each other first. The winners will compete with the South American and European teams for the final.

Not surprisingly, Saprissa eliminated Sydney FC and was eliminated by Champions League champion Liverpool; Ittihad eliminated Al Ahli and was eliminated by South American Copa Libertadores champion Sao Paulo.The ownership of the Club World Cup falls on the champion of the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores.

On December 12, at 18:19 local time, the final between Liverpool and Sao Paulo was held at the Yokohama World Cup Stadium.

Liverpool has lost the Toyota Cup twice in history, but Sao Paulo has won two championships.

This time, Liverpool can no longer give up the championship without saying anything.

"Paco, this is a championship that Liverpool has never won in history, so I cannot choose to leave at this time."

"Boss, I know. But, you have to pay attention to your body!"

Paco looked at the emaciated Benitez with a worried look on his face.

Just when Liverpool won Saprissa, bad news came from Benitez's home. His father died of illness in Madrid.

But Bei Tu still chose to stay in Japan for the team's championship.

Before the game, players from both sides observed a collective silence for one minute, with black silk scarves wrapped around their shoulders.

Sao Paulo players did the same, because the 84-year-old consultant of the Sao Paulo club, known as the "Godfather of Sao Paulo", José Fillio died during the team's visit to Japan to cheer.

Mourning the dead has become a common need of the two teams.

In the opening 2 minutes, Finnan threw a ball from the right side, Gerrard turned around from the bottom line and hooked to the middle, and Morientes headed the ball 9 meters in front of the goal and missed the far post.

In front of the Brazilian team's unique style of play, Liverpool is ready to fight.

Sao Paulo has the ball possession advantage, the ball possession percentage is as high as 10% in the first 67 minutes, but it is difficult to break into the dangerous area.The reason is that Sao Paulo players spend a lot of time at their feet. They like to control the ball at their feet and play with the players who grab it.

In the 22nd minute, Sao Paulo got his first shot.Aloisio made a cross from the right, Amoruso took the ball behind his back and dunked Hyypia, and Tang Wu confiscated his left-footed shot from 16 meters in front of the goal.

Tang Wu got up from the grass with the ball in his arms, looked ahead, and saw no chance for a fast break.

"Steady, steady!" Tang Wu patted the ball and tossed it to the full-back in a leisurely manner.

"Oh, good guy, Tang Wu has the style of a general!"

In the stands, Li Weifeng sighed in admiration.

"That's right, don't you look at what honor Xiao Tang just won! That's the European Ballon d'Or! Now Xiao Tang is on the same level as Zidane and Ronaldo!" Li Yi curled his lips.

"Well, now it seems that there is still a big gap between domestic clubs and the world's top clubs!" Li Weifeng sighed, "Do you think our team can play in the Premier League if it is in the UK?"

"The Premier League? You are dreaming!" Li Yi's expression became even more disdainful. "If we were in the UK, it would be difficult to play in the English Championship. At most, it would be a mid-tier team in the Premier League."

"Ah? It's so miserable, it can't be!"

League One in the Premier League is equivalent to a third-rate league. Of course, Li Datou was surprised.

"What's wrong with it, have you seen that Al Ain has qualified?"

In this AFC Champions League, Shenzhen Jianlibao broke into the semi-finals, but lost to Al Ain 0-6 in the first round of the semi-finals, and then tied 0-0 in the second round and was eliminated miserably.

Al Ain, who eliminated Shenzhen Jianlibao, was eventually eliminated by Ittihad.Now, Ittihad has 3 win and 1 losses in 2 games, scored 5 goals and conceded 6 goals, and handed over the answer sheet for his debut in the Club World Cup.In the last honor battle against Saprissa, Ittihad suffered a reversal in the last 5 minutes and finally lost the game 2-3.

Even the club owner Mansur also lost, the latter said after the game, will completely quit the Etihad club.

At present, the fourth place in the Club World Cup is the highest honor obtained by an Asian club. Shenzhen Jianlibao, which has stopped in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, is indeed far behind the world's top clubs.

"Hey, if we worked harder then, maybe we could fight Tang Wu now!" Li Weifeng sighed again.

"Dang is there. With Liverpool's strength, it is no problem to win another Champions League. The question is next year when Tang is in the Club World Cup, can we be there?"

Every word of Li Dadi's words pierced his heart. Li Datou shook his head and concentrated on watching the game.

In the 27th minute, Cicinho sought a breakthrough on the road and made a quick pass before the defender arrived.Aloisio stopped the ball in the middle and turned around, and passed the two central defenders with the outside of his right foot.Mineiro unloaded the ball lightly against offside, and pushed his right foot towards the lower left corner of the goal 9 meters in front of the goal.

The ball moved fast against the turf. At such a short distance, it was difficult for an ordinary goalkeeper to react to a save, let alone catch the ball.

Tang Wu is naturally not an ordinary goalkeeper, he is a goalkeeper who has just won the Golden Globe Award.

Tang Wu, who had already lowered his center of gravity, jumped sideways, and his body quickly stretched to the maximum.In Tang Wu's eyes, his goal was no longer to pounce on the ground, but to touch the goal post before the ball rolled.

puff!

With a muffled sound, the ball hit Tang Wu's glove and flipped outwards, rolling out of the goal post and out of the baseline.

"Oh, it's TOM, it's TOM again!" The on-site commentator was full of energy. To be able to comment on Tang Wu's game was extremely blissful to him.

"It was TOM who saved Liverpool and made sure Liverpool's goal is not lost again!"

"TOM's record goes on and on!!!"

Since the start of the new season, apart from being scored by Chelsea in the Community Shield, Tang Wu has not conceded a goal in either the Champions League or the league.

At present, Tang Wu's record of clean sheets in the league has reached 11.5 games, and the record of consecutive clean sheets in various competitions is as high as 20 minutes.

I remember that many players and coaches were surprised when UEFA mentioned this data at the Golden Globe Awards.

In the league of European clubs, the longest record of not conceding a goal is from March to September 1990. When playing for Bruges, Verlinden kept a record of 3 minutes in nearly 9 league games.

That is to say, as long as Tang Wu helps the Red Army to keep clean sheets in four consecutive games in the league, he can break this 15-year record and become the real No. [-] goalkeeper in the world.

"Watch out for that fullback!" Tang Wu stood up and shouted at his teammates on the sidewalk.

"Yes, that's right, that number 2, show me him!"

Fennan and Kewell who were "named" looked helpless, because the position of the person Tang Wu said was too far behind.

No. 2 Cicinho is the right wing of Sao Paulo's 352 formation, and his position is relatively late.

But the characteristics of this player are so distinctive that Sao Paulo will see him in almost every attack.

Carrying the ball forward, accelerating the start, breaking through the cross, and even a ridiculously wide shot, these operations can be seen in this young Brazilian.

From the beginning of the game to the present, this No. 2 is almost the most active player in Sao Paulo.It is not unreasonable for Tang Wu to order him to be completely sealed.

"It seems that TOM found out, his insight is still so keen!"

The cold wind in Yokohama Stadium was biting, Beitu shrank his body in the black coat, and nodded to Tang Wu in front of the gate commanding the deployment.

The Club World Cup and Toyota Cup have always been the best platforms for South American players to show themselves to the world, and many European giants are also setting their sights on the Club World Cup, hoping to find a reliable star.

Cicinho is such a player.

According to current sources, Real Madrid has already obtained his right of first refusal.

The media rumored that Cicinho will defect to the Bernabeu during the winter transfer. In such an important game, Cicinho will of course have to do his best.

After the Champions League champion was almost pierced by a coherent pass from Sao Paulo, he launched a powerful counterattack.

In the 29th minute, Alonso took a corner kick from the left, and Luis Garcia hit the crossbar with a header 4 meters from the goal!

In the 32nd minute, Liverpool missed a goal again.Sissoko knocked across the right, Alonso rubbed the ball over the top, and Garcia headed the ball close to the left post from the left side of the penalty area 6 meters away.

In the 36th minute, Kewell broke through from the left and made a cross. Ed Carlos and Morientes competed for a header to clear the siege. Gerrard, who followed on the right, volleyed with his right foot 11 meters in front of the goal and slightly missed the far goal. column.

In the 39th minute, Gerrard took a free kick from the left. Garcia headed the ball 9 meters away from the goal. After the ball rebounded, Seni blocked it out of the far post. One minute later, Hyypia's low shot from outside the penalty area was confiscated by Saini.

In the 3rd minute of stoppage time in the first half, Finnan made a long pass from the right side of the midfielder, and Hypia lobbed a header 9 meters from the left side of the penalty area, which was rejected by Saini again.

The two teams fought fiercely for 45 minutes, and no one could win the other.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. In the 52nd minute, Gerrard took a free kick with his right foot from 27 meters in front of the goal and went straight to the upper right corner. Sao Paulo goalkeeper Saini flew to block the ball out of the baseline like a divine help.

"Hey! Sao Paulo's goalkeeper is also good. This save is no less exciting than Tang Wu!" Seeing Saini's save, Li Datou in the stands was also surprised.

Seni's save brought the atmosphere to a boiling point, and those fans from Brazil all stood up and shouted the names of Sao Paulo players to cheer for their favorite team.

The cheers of the fans were passed into the body of the Sao Paulo players. In the 55th minute, the Sao Paulo defender's pass found the striker Amoruso.

For this dangerous midfielder, Liverpool has actually known it for a long time.Before the game, the official website once commented on Amoruso when introducing Sao Paulo players: "Cruising like an eagle in the midfield, once he is given space, he can create threats in any position."

The former top scorer in Brazil, Serie A, and Bundesliga quickly turned his horsepower to the maximum after receiving the ball, and quickly approached Liverpool's penalty area with the ball.

"Kill him!"

Tang Wu, who kept retreating, let out a loud roar, and Hypia immediately stuck up while running, holding Amoruso's jersey tightly with his hands.

When he was in Dortmund that year, the trident composed of Amoruso, Jan Koller and Rosicky swept the Bundesliga.

Now, the Brazilian striker, who is similar in style to Shevchenko, took the ball forward two steps abruptly under the pull of the 1.9-meter-five Hyypia. The talent suddenly fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Hypia quickly passed the ball back to Tang Wu, but unfortunately the referee's whistle sounded at this time.

"Beep!!!"

"Liverpool No. 4 foul, Sao Paulo's frontcourt set piece!"

After the referee made the penalty, Hyypia immediately stepped forward to reason.

It's a pity that all excuses are in vain in this case. The Liverpool defender pulled the Sao Paulo forward to the ground, which is obvious to all.The referee didn't give Hypia a card, which is already a face for the Champions League champion.

Although Hypia also made a routine complaint, he was actually dissatisfied.

What he was dissatisfied with was that he didn't pull Amoruso down quickly, causing the opponent to run two steps forward and get closer to the goal behind Tang Wu.

Amoruso, who has won the J-League championship and the Bundesliga championship, is very experienced. He fell to the ground decisively when he realized that he could not run into the penalty area and then fell.Because sometimes it is not a good thing for a free kick to be too close to the goal, which will cause some fallen leaves to start falling after flying over the baseline.

Just when Liverpool was bustling and chaotic in front of the penalty area, looking for each other's positions, an unexpected thing happened.

"Eh? What is St. Paul doing here?"

Li Weifeng opened his eyes wide, looking at the Sao Paulo goalkeeper who ran out of the penalty area.

"Could he also imagine Tang Wuxue?"

Saini had already run half-time, and his goal was the ball from the free-kick spot.

"Big head, you have to do your homework before watching the game!" The emperor on the side couldn't stand it anymore, "If you want to talk about learning, Tang Wu should follow his example!"

"Why?" Li Datou looked curious.

"No reason!" Li Yi affirmed, "Just because he is Rogerio Ceni!"

"I haven't heard of it."

"Then you must have heard his nickname: Goalkeeper Cheney!"

(End of this chapter)